best performing sandp 500 stocks from january 15 1997 to march 1 2000

VeriSign (VRSN) had the highest return between January 15, 1997 and March 1, 2000 by a US stock in the S&P 500 (GSPC), returning 4,800%.

ASSET DATE % RETURN
VeriSign (VRSN)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
4,799.97%
NetApp (NTAP)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
3,051.23%
Amazon (AMZN)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
2,602.05%
Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
2,594.29%
Qualcomm (QCOM)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
2,428.23%
Best Buy (BBY)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
2,072.95%
Biogen (BIIB)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
1,281.75%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Class A (CTSH)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
982.53%
Texas Instruments (TXN)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
888.55%
F5 Networks (FFIV)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
796.34%
Applied Materials (AMAT)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
741.59%
eBay (EBAY)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
736.91%
Cisco Systems (CSCO)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
724.48%
Incyte (INCY)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
670.88%
Teradyne (TER)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
638.14%
Oracle (ORCL)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
637.55%
Apple (AAPL)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
624.44%
Bio-Techne (TECH)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
593.12%
ResMed (RMD)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
580.13%
Waters (WAT)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
574.77%
Charles Schwab (SCHW)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
536.13%
Jabil Circuit (JBL)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
524.1%
Copart (CPRT)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
521.43%
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
502.11%
Analog Devices (ADI)
1/15/1997 - 3/1/2000
479.38%